Principal Engineer Jobs in Freshwater

Principal Engineer
Isle of Wight > Freshwater

The median Principal Engineer salary in Freshwater is £70,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Engineer 35 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Freshwater 29.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 30.43% - -
Number of salaries quoted 34 0 0
10th Percentile £65,000 - -
25th Percentile £68,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £70,600 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Freshwater

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Freshwater. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Freshwater with a recognized job title 115 0 0
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.83% - -
Number of salaries quoted 106 0 0
10th Percentile £55,000 - -
25th Percentile £62,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £70,600 - -
90th Percentile £71,800 - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £65,000 £42,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year +52.94% -2.30% +12.99%

Principal Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Freshwater

Job postings that featured Principal Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Freshwater.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Engineer in Freshwater

Principal Engineer
Salary Trend in Freshwater

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Principal Engineer in Freshwater.

Salary trend for Principal Engineer in Freshwater

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Freshwater

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Principal Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Freshwater region featuring Principal Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (88.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 24 (68.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 24 (68.57%) Systems Engineering
2 24 (68.57%) Technical Leadership
2 24 (68.57%) IBM
2 24 (68.57%) Electronics
2 24 (68.57%) Rational DOORS
2 24 (68.57%) Signal Processing
2 24 (68.57%) Test Planning
2 24 (68.57%) Algorithms
3 11 (31.43%) Degree
3 11 (31.43%) Computer Science
3 11 (31.43%) Chartered Engineer
3 11 (31.43%) Waterfall
3 11 (31.43%) Agile
3 11 (31.43%) Software Engineering
3 11 (31.43%) UML
4 3 (8.57%) Ada 95
4 3 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 3 (8.57%) Ada
4 3 (8.57%) Configuration Management

Principal Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Freshwater by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 24 (68.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 24 (68.57%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 24 (68.57%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (68.57%) Signal Processing
1 24 (68.57%) Systems Engineering
1 24 (68.57%) Technical Leadership
1 24 (68.57%) Test Planning
2 11 (31.43%) Agile
2 11 (31.43%) Computer Science
2 11 (31.43%) Software Engineering
2 11 (31.43%) UML
2 11 (31.43%) Waterfall
3 3 (8.57%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) Ada
1 3 (8.57%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 31 (88.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 11 (31.43%) Chartered Engineer
2 11 (31.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (68.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 24 (68.57%) IBM